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Fall in love with new music every Friday at All Songs Considered. That's NPR's Music Recommendation podcast. Fridays are where we spend our whole show sharing all the greatest new releases of the week. Make the hunt for new music a part of your life again. Tap into New Music Friday from All Songs Considered, available wherever you get your podcasts. Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The White House is hosting Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban today. NPRs, Rob Schmitz reports, Orban, would like to broker another summit between President Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Orban, who is close to both Trump and Putin, has proposed hosting a summit in Budapest. He also plans to discuss an exemption from U.S. sanctions

against Russian energy. Hungary relies on Russian crude oil, and Orban says without it, his country's economy would be in trouble. Another priority for Orban is to persuade Trump to visit Hungary as Orban faces an unprecedented challenge to his power from a new opposition leader ahead of Hungary's parliamentary elections next April. Orban believes a visit by Trump could energize the strongman leader's conservative base. Rob Schmitz and Pierre News, Berlin. Airlines are beginning to cancel flights at major hubs across the country today. That's because the Federal Aviation Administration is cutting traffic at the nation's busiest, 40 busiest airports, by 10% from Air Station. GBAH in Boston, Jeremy Siegel reports, the move is intended to ease the burden on air traffic

controllers who've been working without pay since the start of the government shutdown. Patricia Andueg was supposed to fly from Boston to Australia to celebrate her 90th birthday with family this week. But thanks to a series of delays and now the shutdown induced cancellations, she missed her connecting flight. Andawegg says at this point, it's not worth a trip. I'm missing my birthday, but on the other hand, I met so many helpful people right left and center. I call it the journey to nowhere. Airlines are phasing in the 10% reduction in flights, so cancellations are expected to become more widespread in the days ahead. For NPR News, I'm Jeremy Siegel at Logan Airport in Boston.

It is the first Friday of the month, which normally means the release of a new government jobs report. But for the second month in a row, that report's been held up by the government shutdown. Here's NPR Scott Horsley. The last official jobs report we got was two months ago. And as Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook told an audience at the Brookings Institution this week, that's a long time in a fast-moving economy like ours. I'm worried about the labor market because it can turn very quickly. It can deteriorate very quickly. That's why the Fed lowered interest rates last week in an effort to boost demand and try to prop up the jobs.

job market. That's NPR. Scott Horsley reporting. Economists are getting indications about the labor market's performance from other sources, such as Challenger Gray and Christmas. The outplacement firm put out a report saying it was the worst October for layoff announcements in more than two decades. The Dow is down 237 points. The NASDAQ has fallen 352 points. This is NPR news. Political candidates in several high-profile races this week supercharged their online ad campaigns to reach young voters. But NPR's Anusha Mutter reports that in-person contact may have made the difference in New York City.

Zara and Mamdani spent the weekend before the election, riding the subway, and cheering on marathon runners. According to his campaign, he had over 60,000 volunteers knocking on doors. Ruby Bell Booth is an analyst at the Research Organization Circle. She said this grassroots campaign was crucial to support among young voters. There's an assumption that they're just all on their phones all the time. But we actually find that the most important resource for young people when thinking about politics is their friends and peers.

Booth says Mamdani's support among young voters sends a message to other candidates. To get young people to the polls, a savvy social media campaign is important, but ultimately no substitute for face-to-face connection. Anusha Mather and PR News. The 2026 Grammy nominations are out. One of the most coveted awards on the music industry's biggest night is Album of the Year. The categories, nominees leading featured artists, songwriters of new material producers, and others are Bad Bunny. Justin Bieber, Sabrina Carpenter, Clips Pusha T. Malice.

Tyler, the creator. I forgot to feature Sabrina Carpenter's work, as well as Lady Gaga. It's NPR News.